Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1487. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUSTRIA. Leonhard IV von Harrach. Chamberlain of Upper Austria, 1514-1590. Æ Gilt Medallion (7.46 g, 12h). Commemorating his Investiture into the Order of the Golden Fleece. Struck circa 1585. (leaf on branch) LEONHAR : AB : HARRACH : B : AVR : VELLIE : EQVES : D: FERDI : I : MAXIMIL : II : ET : RVDOL : II : IMP : INTIMVS : CONS : , armored and draped half-length bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece / ET EIVS DEM MAXIMILI : II : SVP : AVLA ET GVBDC : PRÆFECTVS ÆTATIS SVÆ LXXI(leaf on branch), mantled von Harrach coat-of-arms framed by Order of the Golden Fleece, all surmounted by crested helmets. Horsky 5476; Donebauer 3391. VF, traces of gilding remain, hallmarks in suspension loop.

From the Collection of a California Gentleman. Ex Gorny & Mosch 116 (6 March 2002), lot 3601.